Spinescent patterns in the flora of Jiaozi Snow Mountain,Southwestern China

• 作 者: Qi Xu Simcha Lev-Yadun Lu Sun
• 机 构: KeyLaboratoryforPlantDiversityandBiogeographyofEastAsia,UniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences,Departm
• 出 处: 植物多样性:英文版
• 发表日期: 2020年2期
• 关键词: HERBIVORY Life form Physical DEFENSE Trade-off Plant apparency Spinescence
• 基金项目: supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0505200),the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31590820),the National Natural Science Fou

Spinescence has been thought to have evolved mainly as a defense against herbivores.Thus,studying its evolution in a whole flora is an excellent approach for understanding long-term plant-herbivore interactions.In this study,we characterized the spinescen